IC 4617 is a type Sbc spiral galaxy located in the Hercules constellation. It is located 553 million light-years from the Solar System and has an estimated diameter of 115,000 light-years thus making it slightly larger compared to the Milky Way. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer, Edward Emerson Barnard or E. E. Barnard although no date of discovery was confirmed. IC 4617 is a member of Abell 2199 and happens to lie near towards the globular cluster, Messier 13.